Oxycanus dirempta

Variable Oxycanus at Black Range, NSW

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Identification history

	Oxycanus dirempta	16 Jun 2020	GlennCocking
	Unidentified	16 Jun 2020	StephH

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User's notes

This is the second of three hawkmoth-like animals found on a neighbour's deck this morning. They're all between 3 and 5 cm.

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MaxCampbell wrote:

25 Jun 2020

Hi Steph, We've had these at our place after the recent rain. Refer: .........
https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Sightings/4262876 ......... Some information and photos here: ...
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hepi/dirempta.html

StephH wrote:

25 Jun 2020

Thanks Max. I'll have a look.
Found an ant carrying a moth wing that looks like it was from one of these moths. I'll post that pic too.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.850594 -36.730654
Places Black Range, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
16 Jun 2020 10:30 AM Recorded on
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Species information

Oxycanus dirempta Scientific name
Variable Oxycanus Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-Invasive
Up to 968.4m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Synonyms
Porina kershawi